 Size comparison of WASP-14b with Jupiter. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cameron et al. (SuperWASP) |
| Discovery site | SAAO |
| Discovery date | April 1, 2008 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.037+0.001 −0.002 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.095+0.004 −0.007 |
| 2.243756+5E-6 −1E-6 d | |
| Inclination | 84.79+0.52 −0.67 |
| 254.9+0.92 −1.72 | |
| Star | WASP-14 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.259+0.08 −0.058 RJ | |
| Mass | 7.725+0.43 −0.67 MJ |
Mean density | 5.133 g/cm3[citation needed] |
| 126.2 m/s2 (414 ft/s2) 12.87 g | |
| Temperature | 2800 |
WASP-14b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008 by SuperWASP using the transit method. Follow-up radial velocity measurements showed that the mass of WASP-14b is almost eight times larger than that of Jupiter. The radius found by the transit observations show that it has a radius 25% larger than Jupiter. This makes WASP-14b one of the densest exoplanets known.[1] Its radius best fits the model of Jonathan Fortney.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Joshi2009was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Fortney; Marley, M. S.; Barnes, J. W. (2007). "Planetary Radii across Five Orders of Magnitude in Mass and Stellar Insolation: Application to Transits". The Astrophysical Journal. 659 (2): 1661–1672. arXiv:astro-ph/0612671. Bibcode:2007ApJ...659.1661F. doi:10.1086/512120. S2CID 3039909.